Originally Posted by
alm1
Reportedly Israel banned all tourists from Italy from entry. This should start affecting European airlines now in a major way.
It only takes a single major 1st World country to ban incoming air travel and pretty much everybody will follow the leader. I wonder how many weeks are we away from it. Yup the whole economy will fall into recession BUT if it becomes a real pandemic then closing borders early and losing 1% v 10% of the population is a gamble worth taking.
Even if it burns itself out quickly then Govt who acted first is in a better place, problem is that next time Govts will panic even quicker.
Some Irish friends emailed me and tongue in cheek (well this week it is) said come on over, drive a transit, fill with dried food etc, stay in it on ferry (hmmm) and when come you can isolate yourself close by for 4 weeks, we will leave the beers etc outside the door but will ensure you have Wifi / Netflix code. Told them give it a month and we will see.
If happens then Air Travel is gone for 10 years, people simply will be scared to fly and travel.